The Authentication Society

March 16, 2005

David Fraser has a nice riff this morning off of a recent post by Dennis Bailey at Open Society Paradox on where the responsibility lies for preventing identity theft.  David and Dennis’ point is that the institutions to which the identity thieves take their ill-gotten info have a responsibility to ensure they are dealing with […]

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WSJ Covers SHA-1 Crack

March 15, 2005

The WSJ has a story today (paid sub required) covering the crack of SHA-1 reported in mid-February.  The WSJ piece ties it into broader recent concerns over internet security raised by incidents like ChoicePoint and LexisNexis, and recent reports that weaknesses have been found in other hash functions – MD4 and MD5. Quotes:

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Privacy Infringements in US Spur Private Member’s Bill in Ontario

March 15, 2005

The Toronto Star reports that Tony Ruprecht has introduced a private member’s bill that would require credit reporting agencies to immediately inform people whose data is stolen.  This follows similar developments in the US on the heels of recent high-profile incidents with Seisint and ChoicePoint.  Details and much background information at Tyler Hamilton’s story and […]

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Nokia Backs Dual Mode Cellular and WiFi

March 15, 2005

Nokia has announced that within 2 years all smartphones for the enterprise market will support both cellular and WiFi.  But there’ still a big question mark over how network operators are going to respond to this –  Skype and WiFi on a Motorola smartphone would be, well, problematic for them. 

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10 HR Tips for General Counsel

March 15, 2005

Michael Maslanka has a thoughtful article on Law.com setting out 10 steps GC’s can take to reduce risk, disputes and hopefully costs in labour and employment – summary: Nothing valuable is lost by taking time. Pre-emptive firings are the best firings. Renew the vows. Think proportionately. Train to communicate. A few good policies. E-mail makes […]

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What’s in Ross Mayfield’s Bag?

March 15, 2005

Ross Mayfield’s entry in Flickr’s whatsinyourbag collection is hysterical.

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(Hopefully) The Final Word on AOL’s Terms of Service

March 15, 2005

AOL has announced that they are going to rewrite the TOS that caused the recent flare-up over questions about user privacy.  I posted on this recently here, here and here. Cool.  It’s a good move, and smart PR. And a nice opportunity for AOL to follow MSN’s lead on drafting privacy TOS that are easier […]

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More on the AOL Terms of Service

March 14, 2005

Looks like some comments I gave to eWeek this a.m. have made it into their coverage of the AOL TOS issue that burned up the blogosphere earlier today.

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The New Normal on TOSs and EULAs

March 14, 2005

The AOL Terms of Service brouhaha pushed along some thinking about I’ve doing recently about TOSs and EULAs, and how changes in technology and the we way we use it may change the way they are drafted. The AOL episode demonstrates very clearly that the flame wars of the new millenium (how’s that for hyperbole?) […]

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The Online Newspaper Free Ride

March 14, 2005

NYT has a story today on how newspapers are dealing with the free online content issue: Consumers are willing to spend millions of dollars on the Web when it comes to music services like iTunes and gaming sites like Xbox Live. But when it comes to online news, they are happy to read it but […]

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You Waive Any Right to Privacy

March 14, 2005

A change by AOL to the terms of service of its IM app has had the ‘net buzzing for a couple of days now (BoingBoing here; Broadband Reports here, and note especially their comments; Tech Law Advisor here; Privacy Law Blog here; MicroPersuasion here; EWeek here).  Some posts say the change is recent, but AOL […]

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Does the Unenforceability of Non-Compete Agreements Enhance Innovation?

March 13, 2005

Via Infectious Greed, a paper by economists at the Federal Reserve that suggests that California law rendering non-competes unenforceable has supported innovation in Silicon Valley: Job-Hopping in Silicon Valley: Some Evidence Concerning the Micro-Foundation of a High Technology Cluster Bruce Fallick, Charles Fleischman, and James B. Rebitzer 2005-11  Abstract: In Silicon Valley’s computer cluster, skilled […]

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